ESCANABA — Thanks to relatively mild winter weather in the Upper Peninsula, Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Wildlife Technician Colter Lubben said the department is optimistic about the area’s deer population this year. According to Lubben, the region actually had ...
ESCANABA — While the COVID-19 pandemic has negatively affected the Upper Peninsula’s economy, local businesses may be assisted by a rise in tourism over the next few months. “All indications are now we’re on an up trend for people coming this summer,” Tom Nemachek, executive ...
ESCANABA — The U.P. Energy Task Force’s next meeting is Tuesday, June 9, and will include an explanation of how electricity is transmitted throughout the Upper Peninsula. The Task Force will meet from 12:30 to 3 p.m. using Microsoft Teams with time allotted for discussion about the ...
LANSING (AP) — Michigan lawmakers advanced a bill Wednesday that would allocate more than $1.2 billion in federal coronavirus relief funding, including $200 million to help small businesses restart as stay-at-home restrictions are loosened. The state, meanwhile, relaxed rules so people can ...
ESCANABA — The U.P. State fair has announced the grandstand entertainment lineup for this years fair. Acts include county musician Josh Turner, rock bands Hairball and Buckcherry, as well as tribute bands Heart to Heartbreaker and Crazy Babies. Other acts and grandstand attractions have yet ...
ESCANABA — The Delta County Board of Commissioners authorized a request from the U.P. State Fair Authority for a $200,000 extension to its existing loan with the county Tuesday. Delta County Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Vickie Micheau spoke to board members via Zoom during a board ...
ESCANABA — The Upper Peninsula had 116 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 17 deaths caused by the virus. Delta County had a total of 17 confirmed COVID-19 cases and two deaths, Schoolcraft County had four confirmed cases and Menominee County had eight confirmed cases. Elsewhere in the ...
ESCANABA — Escanaba City Hall will reopen to the public beginning Monday, June 8, at 7:30 a.m. Residents entering the building will be required to wear a mask and to limit in-person interactions as much as possible. Customers are still able, and encouraged, to pay their utility bills on-line ...
GLADSTONE — Landon Phillips, a seventh grader at Gladstone Public Schools, received a Citizen Appreciation Certificate Award recently from the Gladstone Public Safety Department for saving the lives of his family when their home caught fire in the early morning hours of Monday, April ...
ESCANABA — The Escanaba City Council approved utility rate ordinances for the city’s 2020-21 fiscal year, including significant water and wastewater rate increases, on second reading after public hearings were held in a special meeting Monday. Under the Escanaba City Charter, council is ...
ESCANABA - A black bear weighing about 200 pounds was removed from a tree in Escanaba Friday morning — just days after another bear was removed from a tree elsewhere in the city. According to Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Wildlife Technician Colter Lubben, these incidents ...
ESCANABA — The Upper Peninsula had 115 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 17 deaths caused by the virus as of Monday morning, according to michigan.gov. Delta County had a total of 17 confirmed COVID-19 cases and two deaths, Schoolcraft County had four confirmed cases and Menominee County had ...
LANSING (AP) — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer lifted Michigan’s nearly 10-week coronavirus stay-at-home order Monday, letting restaurants reopen to dine-in customers next week and immediately easing limits on outdoor gatherings while keeping social-distancing rules intact. The governor moved ...
ESCANABA — School district staff have been providing meals to students since schools closed just after March 15. Now the 2019-2020 school year is almost over, school districts will either discontinue the program, or continue it using a similar food distribution program. The current weekly ...
ESCANABA - Representatives of the Delta Regional Child Advocacy Center say the center has adapted to the coronavirus pandemic and the effects COVID-19 has had on the issues the center deals with. The Delta Regional Child Advocacy Center serves Alger, Delta, Menominee and Schoolcraft counties. ...
EDITOR’S NOTE: Much of the nation has been shut down over the past two-plus months due to the COVID-19 pandemic. But now the economy is reopening, and businesses of all types are quickly ramping up for what they hope will be a busy summer season that will return them to some sense of ...
ESCANABA — Less than a week after Escanaba's last bear-related incident, a bear was removed from a tree on the 200 block of Lake Shore Drive Friday. Scott Johnson, the owner of the home where Friday's incident took place, said he had not noticed a bear in his tree at first. "The DNR came ...
ESCANABA — As COVID-19-related restrictions in Michigan continue to be lifted, a number of local businesses have recently been able to reopen. Some restaurants in the area are once again serving dine-in customers. Among these restaurants is AppleWood Eatery & Espresso Bar, owned by ...
ESCANABA — May is skin cancer awareness month. There are simple ways to protect yourself from skin cancer, an abnormal growth of skin cells most often found on parts of the body exposed to the sun. Certain things that are associated with skin cancer include, but are not limited to, ...
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The white Minneapolis police officer who knelt on George Floyd's neck was arrested and charged with murder Friday, and authorities imposed an overnight curfew to try to stem three nights of often-violent protests that left dozens of stores burned and looted. Derek ...